My favorite movie of 2024 was A Complete Unknown. Timothée Chalamet plays Bob Dylan at the beginning of his career in the early 1960s in New York City. The movie is based on Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties (2016).
The musical performances by Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez were convincing. Chalamet learned 35 Bob Dylan songs and some of them show up on this movie soundtrack.
If you’re a fan of Bob Dylan, you’ll enjoy this look at Dylan’s life from 1961-1965. GRADE: A (for both the movie and the soundtrack)
Track listing:
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Highway 61 Revisited“ | Timothée Chalamet | 3:45 |
| 2. | “Mr. Tambourine Man“ | Timothée Chalamet | 2:31 |
| 3. | “I Was Young When I Left Home” | Timothée Chalamet | 2:04 |
| 4. | “Girl from the North Country“ | Timothée Chalamet, Monica Barbaro | 2:04 |
| 5. | “Silver Dagger“ | Monica Barbaro | 2:33 |
| 6. | “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall“ | Timothée Chalamet | 3:05 |
| 7. | “Wimoweh (Mbube)“ | Edward Norton | 1:51 |
| 8. | “House of the Rising Sun“ | Monica Barbaro | 2:08 |
| 9. | “Folsom Prison Blues“ | Boyd Holbrook | 1:44 |
| 10. | “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right“ | Timothée Chalamet, Monica Barbaro | 3:08 |
| 11. | “Masters of War“ | Timothée Chalamet | 2:25 |
| 12. | “Blowin’ in the Wind“ | Timothée Chalamet, Monica Barbaro | 2:52 |
| 13. | “Subterranean Homesick Blues“ | Timothée Chalamet | 2:27 |
| 14. | “Big River“ | Boyd Holbrook | 1:41 |
| 15. | “The Times They Are a-Changin’“ | Timothée Chalamet | 3:14 |
| 16. | “When the Ship Comes In“ | Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton | 2:19 |
| 17. | “There but for Fortune“ | Monica Barbaro | 1:43 |
| 18. | “It Ain’t Me, Babe“ | Timothée Chalamet, Monica Barbaro | 3:37 |
| 19. | “Maggie’s Farm“ | Timothée Chalamet | 3:08 |
| 20. | “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry“ | Timothée Chalamet | 2:21 |
| 21. | “Like a Rolling Stone“ | Timothée Chalamet | 3:23 |
| 22. | “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue“ | Timothée Chalamet | 2:21 |
| 23. | “Song to Woody“ | Timothée Chalamet | 2:20 |
Loved this movie!!
Hi, Scott!
Scott, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is a brilliant movie! Excellent cast with wonderful music!
I will be checking the film out soon.
Todd, you will be pleased with A COMPLETE UNKNOWN! If I find a copy of the soundtrack, I’ll send it to you.
Too kind. I already owe you a couple.